Well, Mojo’s having a week, isn’t he? First, he traps Jubilee and Sunspot in a video game in X-Men ’97, now he’s attempting to trap Lila Cheney in a lifetime contract in the latest issue of Ms. Marvel. But wait, doesn’t Kamala Khan have bigger fish to fry right now with the whole Orchis thing?…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1: Finally making it out of the frozen mountains, Usagi and Yukichi come across a merchant being attacked by four brigands. They rescue the supposed merchant only to…
Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life – go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of Ultimate Invasion – but life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual…
Previously, in Dead X-Men: Remember that? Fun times. Even with resurrection seemingly off the table for now, mutants are finding all sorts of ways to come back. Jean Grey found herself communing with the Phoenix Force again in the White Hot Room. X-Force has a clone of Beast circa his New Defenders era just lying…
Orchis is closing in on Ms. Marvel, with a plan to use her to get to the X-Men. All she has to do is embrace her new mutant identity. But with so many other labels already hanging on her shoulders, Kamala Khan has to wrestle with just what it means to fully accept another one…
No one ever said life as a superhero would be easy, but things have been especially complicated for Ms. Marvel of late. There’s little time to breathe, however, as ORCHIS’ nets are slowly closing around her — but with a little help from the Marvel Universe’s latest power couple, Emma Frost and Iron Man, she…
Pakistani. American. Muslim. Inhuman. Mutant. Superhero. Outlaw. Avenger. Champion. Exile. X-man. There are a lot of labels on Kamala Khan, and the latest one has upended her world entirely, and given her an all-new mission statement. But underneath all the labels, when you take away the societies who believe they have a claim on her…
Madelyne Pryor has a lot to worry about. As Queen of Limbo, she has to quell constant demonic uprisings against her home. She’s also in charge of the Limbo-New York Embassy, managing mutant refugees from the fall of Krakoa, and generally dealing with a city that does not want her there — and now Orchis…
Krakoa has fallen. Mutants throughout the world are being hunted, shipped off planet or forced to have their powers inhibited. Charles Xavier may have given up the dream of human and mutant co-existence, but Captain America still believes the two can stand together. See the return of the Unity Squad in Uncanny Avengers #1, written…
Sealed in a dream-state by Krakoan technology, the fearsomely powerful Children of the Vault have been dormant in Chile while thinking they’ve taken over the world. Now Krakoa belongs to the past. Are the Children the future? Not if Cable and Bishop have much to say about it in Children of the Vault #1, written…
Batman faces down Red Mask on a journey through the Multiverse, where we see some very familiar cowls in Batman #135, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, Mikel Janin and Jorge Jimenez, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, Jimenez and Janin, colored by Tomeu Morey and Romulo Fajardo Jr., and lettered by Clayton Cowles….
It’s all led to this, an all-out battle between the Iron Star, President Goode and the inhuman monster known as 6Bill. Can Azra save her people, or will they become more collateral damage in this war of super powers? 20th Century Men #6 is written by Deniz Camp, drawn by Stipan Morian and lettered by Aditya…
In the burning deserts of Afghanistan, Platonov confronts Azra about her secrets and discovers her grand plan. But what will he do with what he learns? Then, in the frigid tundra of Siberia, the Iron Star seeks out an old ally for help. But something is terribly wrong with the Collective Man. Image’s 20th Century…
The Midnight Suns brave the darkest and most horrifying journey imaginable to secure aid from one of the most ancient and dangerous beings in all of existence. What terrible secret from the past is Agatha Harkness hiding? And what does the truth mean for Zoe Laveau’s future?! Written by Ethan Sacks, with art by Luigi…
Still trapped in Las Vegas, Jessica, Eddie and Marcel encounter a fabulous twist on mythical Greek figures, as well as someone with the authority to get them out of their phantasmal dilemma. A new arc begins in Grim #6, written by Stephanie Phillips, drawn by Flaviano, colored by Rico Renzi and lettered by Tom Napolitano…